The Sustainable Energy Action Plan of Bornova, developped in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors' initiative.

The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of Bornova is of 25%
in 2020, which represents
225176.5
tonnes CO₂ equivalent. Transport was identified as the biggest share for energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

One of the main difficulties of the energy transition is to align short, medium and long-term objectives. Sharing visions of a low energy city with a high quality of life for all by 2050 is easy, as the time horizon is still a long way off and everyone understands that the current situation is no longer sustainable.However, it is more difficult to agree on the strategies that need to be implemented to get there as they involve changing trajectories and, therefore, habits. This disturbs the relations between players and leads to inertia.Things become even more complicated when it comes to voting next year’s budget. All the obstacles inherited from our mindsets and practices, which have more to do with past inertia than future dynamics, come to the fore. This is why an Energy Transition Action Plan is needed.